pvm: pvm (Parallel Virtual Machine) pvm: pvm: PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package that permits a pvm: heterogeneous collection of Unix and/or Windows computers hooked pvm: together by a network to be used as a single large parallel computer. pvm: Thus large computational problems can be solved more cost effectively pvm: by using the aggregate power and memory of many computers. pvm: pvm: pvm: pvm: